The Battle of 2003

by Cedric McClain & Carlyle Brown

The Battle of 2003

by Cedric McClain & Carlyle Brown

How it all started

The war started because of the armed conflict in Iraq: Prior to the war, the governments of the United States and the United Kingdom claimed that Iraq's alleged possession of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) posed a threat to their security and that of their coalition/regional allies : a combined force of troops from the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, and Poland, invaded Iraq and deposed the Ba'athist government of Saddam Hussein : The invasion phase consisted primarily of a conventionally-fought war which concluded with the capture of the Iraqi capital of Baghdad by American forces.

the countries that were involved

Victor side:

United States

Iraq Withdrawn Coalition Forces:

United Kingdom (2003-09)

Australia (2003-09)

Poland (2003-08)

Republic of Korea (2003-08)

Italy (2003-06)

Georgia (2003-08)

Ukraine (2003-08)

Netherlands (2003-05)

Spain (2003-04)

Opposition side:

Iraq under Saddam Hussein

Baath Party Loyalists

Islamic State of Iraq

al-Qaeda in Iraq

Kurdistan Worker's Party

Desert Storm: The Naval War (2002)

Iraq War - Iraqi Special Forces In Heavy Combat Action Against ISIS

iraq war 2003 - Shock and awe live coverage tv

Pictures Of The Iraq War

spirit

here is a group of army members carring a USA flag.

in the war

here is a group of soldiers going over there gameplan.

newspaper

in this newspaper the war is finally over

spirit

here is a group of army members carring a USA flag.

in the war

here is a group of soldiers going over there gameplan.

newspaper

in this newspaper the war is finally over

artical on the war of 2003

The basic feature of U.S. foreign policy during the Cold War was inclusiveness -- a willingness to embrace any country that opposed communism, whatever its type of government. The United States contested the Soviet system and held the line militarily, and its consistent and comprehensive approach eventually led to the Soviet Union's implosion.

After the Cold War came the "war on terror." Islamist terrorists tried to bring down the World Trade Center in 1993 and bombed the U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania in 1998. Then came the attacks of September 11, 2001. In response, the United States attacked Afghanistan and routed the Taliban. Then, in 2003, the United States invaded Iraq to remove Saddam Hussein and establish democracy there.

During the war on terror, however, the United States has not been as inclusive as it was in its war against communism. Aside from those in the "coalition of the willing," even most European countries have distanced themselves from Washington

How it ended

Iraq War, also called Second Persian Gulf War, (2003–11), conflict in Iraq that consisted of two phases. The first of these was a brief, conventionally fought war in March–April 2003, in which a combined force of troops from the United States and Great Britain (with smaller contingents from several other countries) invaded Iraq and rapidly defeated Iraqi military and paramilitary forces. It was followed by a longer second phase in which a U.S.-led occupation of Iraq was opposed by an insurgency. After violence began to decline in 2007, the United States gradually reduced its military presence in Iraq, formally completing its withdrawal in December 2011.

in action

soldier death

graveyard

this is a cemetery filled with boots worn by the soldiers and under every boot there is a dead soldier

in action

here is a group of soldiers holding down a base

soldier death

3,500 soldiers have been killed by guns bombs and land mines and more

graveyard

this is a cemetery filled with boots worn by the soldiers and under every boot there is a dead soldier

Source of Iraq's weapons of mass destruction (WMDs)

A 1990 report on “The arming of Iraq” said, “Officially, most Western nations participated in a total arms embargo against Iraq during the 1980s, but ... Western companies, primarily in Germany and Great Britain, but also in the United States, sold Iraq the key technology for its chemical, missile, and nuclear programs. ... [M]any Western governments seemed remarkably indifferent, if not enthusiastic, about those deals. ... [I]n Washington, the government consistently followed a policy which allowed and perhaps encouraged the extraordinary growth of Saddam Hussein's arsenal and his power